Girl, Interrupted (1999)

12/21/1999 (US) • 2h 7m

Drama

Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Overview

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000.00

Revenue

$48,350,205.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

escape

suicide attempt

identity

insanity

female friendship

based on true story

borderline personality disorder

psychiatric hospital

mental institution

female protagonist

based on memoir or autobiography

psychiatrist

mental illness

psychiatric ward

meditative

1960s

introspective

compassionate

gentle

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